Notre Dame Week 5 highlight: Riley Leonard runs it in

Notre Dame took a two-touchdown lead over Louisville with this play.

It didn’t take long for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish to take advantage of a bad snap on a Louisville Cardinals’ punt.

Just one play later, Fighting Irish quarterback Riley Leonard ran it in from the 4-yard line with 2:40 left to play in the first quarter to give the Irish a 21-7 lead over the Cardinals.

This after Notre Dame fell behind 7-0 to start the game.

It’s been a turnover-marred, back-and-forth affair so far, but the Irish haven’t looked flat early the way they have in games earlier this season. This could be a white-knuckler all the way to the finish.

 

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